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PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER LAGERMAN, OF J ON KOPING, SWEDEN, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO THE DIAMOND MATCH N. Y., A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FoR INSERTING MATCH-SPLINTS COMPANY, OF NEW YORK,

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,773, dated June '7,1904. Application filed August 1'7, 1899. Renewed September 18, 1900.Serial No. 30,438. (No model.)

To a whom it mar/ycor weave:

Be itknown that LALEXANDER LAGERMAN,

a resident of Jonkoping, Sweden, have in-,

vented certain new and useful Improvements 5 in Match-Machines; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying-drawings,in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of amatch-ma- Io chine embodyingmy invention; Fig. 2, an

end elevation thereof; Fig. 3, avertical longitudinal section; Fig. 4,asimilar view, parts being omitted; Fig. 5, ahorizontal section on thelinens-w of Fig. 3; Fig. 6, a detail view, on a larger scale, of aportion of the lower part of one of the splint hoppers or magazines;Fig. 7 ,a similar view thereof in horizontal section and of the splint-extracting devices. Figs. 8 and 9 are detail views, in verticalsection, of said 26 devices, showing, respectively, the positions ofparts when splints are about to be grasped by the grippers and when theyhave been partially withdrawn by the latter; Fig. 10, a detail top planview of the match-gripper mechanism; Fig. 11, an end elevation thereof;Fig. 12, a vertical section of said mechanism; Fig. 13, a sectionthereof on the line m w of Fig. 10; Fig. 14, a similar section on theline y '1 of Fig. 10; Fig. 15, a like section on the line 2 z of Fig.10. Figs. 16 and 17 are respectively detail views, partly in elevationand partly in section, of the splint and match receiving tables andtheir combs; Fig. l8,a detail view in elevation of portion of one of thecarrier-plates; and Fig. 19, a detail view in section, on a largerscale, of portion ofsaid plate.

Letters of like name and kind refer. tolike parts in each of thefigures. 1

The object of my'invention is to provide improvements in'match-machin esof the d escription in which splints are placed in carriers by whichthey are dipped or treated to form matches and then the completedmatches removed from the carriers; and to this end my invention consistsin the machine having the features of construction substantially ashereinafter specified.

The particular type of machine in which I have embodied my improvementsis one in 5 which splints already formed are placed in magazines orhoppers, from which they are taken and placed incarriers composed ofseparate perforated plates, by which they are held and presented to thevarious treating de- 5 5 vices and from which the completed matches aredischarged. It is to be understood, however, that when those features ofthe inventionwhich are applicable to machines of other types are soapplied they areconsidered to be 6 within the scope of my invention.

In the embodiment of the invention selected for illustration a frame isemployed that comprises two vertical side pieces A and A andcross-pieces or stays a and a, uniting the latter. Supported on theupper part of the frame, at the front side thereof, are preferably twosplint magazines or hoppers B and B, one being higher than the other.The splints are supported in each magazine, at the bottom 7 thereof, bya horizontal plate O, which projects a short distance within themagazine from the front side thereof, where it is provided withuniformly-spaced depressions 0 and c and a bar D at the rear side of themagazine, 7 5 also having depressions (Z and (Z in line with thedepressions c and c, the lowermost splints at opposite ends resting inthe depressions in the two parts. The bar D is attached to a pivotedframe E, so that for a reason to ap- 8 pear the bar may be moved a shortdistance inward beneath the hopper and back again.

It is yieldingly held in the latter position by a coiled spring F."Within the'lowerpart of each magazine is a horizontal slide G, from 8 5which projecting into the-hopper are vertical division-plates g and g,which by the reciprocation of the slide jar or shake the splintsdownward, causing the lowermost ones to be seated in the depressions ofthe supports O and D. 9 (See Figs. 6 and 7.) For vibrating the slide itis connected at one a link H with a crank on a vertical rock-shaft I,journaled in brackets on the frame and having at its lower end a crank71, which is connected by a link K to one arm of a three-armed lever L,the other two arms of the latter being iii-engagement with the scallopedperiphery of a wheel M on a shaft N. By the revolution of the wheel Mthe lever is vibrated, and the rocking of the shaft to produce thereciprocation of the slide G is produced. The shaft N has a gear-wheela, through which by an intermediate gear 0, in mesh with a pinion (1 onadriving-shaft Q, power is taken from the latter to revolve said shaftN.

Hung on a pair of cranks 1 and 1' on a shaft R and a pair of cranks sand a on a shaft S is a frame composed of side pieces T and T andcross-bars 25 and t, connecting them. The shafts R and S are indifferent horizontal and vertical planes, the former being higher andfarther toward the front of the machine, and the cranks are so disposedthat the frame has a movement downward and rearward or upward andforward. The cross-bars t and z are in different horizontal planes andare respectively near the two splint-magazines, beingin rear thereof.Pivoted to each of the bars are anumber of round vertical rods 2," and2? each having at its upper end a horizontal extension 6 and at itslower end a longer horizontal extensionf, which and an adjacent lug t onthe bar form the jaws of a pair of splint-grippers adapted to clamp andhold between them the end portion of asplint. The end portion of theupper extension 5 lies between lugs a and 71 on the upper side of aslide-bar U, mounted on the cross-bar 2., so that by the reciprocationof the slide the rod t will be rocked and the jaw t" be moved to andfrom its fixed jaw 25* to respectively grip and release a splint. Thebetter to grip and hold a splint the jaw t is provided with a spur ortooth t, that enters or penetrates the splint. Engaging aninteriorly-threaded part or nut u at one end of the slide U is amultiple-threaded, preferably quadruple-threaded, screw V, to which isattached a crank-arm \V. As there are two slides U there are twocrankarms, one higher than the other, and they are connected by a linkX. The lower crank-arm W is connected by a link Y to one arm of abell-crank lever Z, to the other arm of which is attached one end of arod, whose other end is pivoted to a crank-pin a on a disk A on the sameshaft with an elliptical gear B, in mesh with a similar idler gear C,that meshes with and is driven by an elliptical gear 1) on the shaft N.

Below each of the splint-gripper devices is a horizontal table E, whoseupper side is formed into forwardly and rearwardly extending grooves eand e, the same in number as the number of splint-grippers, and intowhich splints from the latter are delivered and from which they aremoved endwise into the carriers by a reciprocating comb-like bar F, the

teethf and f of which respectively are seated in the grooves. Atitsopposite ends the baror crank F is connected to horizontal bars ('l andG, mounted in guides on the inner side of the respective frame sides Aand A and connected at their rear ends bylinks II and II to cranks 1 andI on a rock-shaft K. In the ease of the rock-shaft for the comb of theupper table a crank L on said shaft is connected by a link M with thepivot-pin, by which the gripper-carrying frame is connected with theupper arms and W, while a link N connects a crank of the upper shaftwith a crank l" of the lower shaft. Thus the rocking of both shafts andthe reciprocation of the combs are. effected from the motion of thegripper-carrying frame. It will be understood that the grippers aremoved to and fro between the magazines and the tables and that the areopened to release the splints when the latter are close to the tables.As it is possible. that splints may adhere to the grippers when thelatter are opened, and so fail to fall to the tables, means are providedfor dislodging any that may so adhere, which means consist for each setof grippers of a plate or thin bar 0, carried by lever-C. P and l. on arock-shaft Q, by the movement of which the bar is swung down and up infront of the grippers, striking in its descent any splints that adherethereto and knocking them therefrom. lievers of the two splint-strikingbars are connccted by a link R, and on the upper rockshaft is a crank S,that is connected by a. link T with the pivot by which the arms \V andW, which support the gripper-carrying frame, are attached to thelatter.The movementsof the splint-knockers are thus also produced from themotion of said frame.

For moving the gripper-carrying frame a crank U on the shaft R ispivotall y connected to a link or rod V, that is pivoted to acrankpin 0on the gear -wheel 11, said shaft It being thus rocked, while tosimilarly rock the shaft S a right-angled extension of the crank U isconnected by a link \V with a crank X on the rock-shaft S. To balancethe grippercarrying frame, levers Y and Y on a shaft Z, mounted on thetop of the frame sides A and A, are each provided with weights N and Aand are connected by links B and B" with the frame sides T and T.

The carriers consist each of a plate (1 thinner than the splints arelong, having numerous uniform]y-spaced splint-receiving openings 0,adapted each to contain a. splint. Vithin each pair of adjacent openingsare the respective legs of a V-shaped spring I)", the latter thusstraddling the partition or portion of the plate between adjacentopenings and being held by a right-angled extension of one of the legstaking over the side of said partition opposite the apex of the V. Thereis thus a spring within each opening between which and the opposing sideof t'...

shaft F opening the splint is held. The carrier-plates C and C passclose to the rear sides of the tables E and E through vertical guides aand (0 respectively, on the inner sides of the frame sides A and A,being moved upward therethrough by steps. Adjacent to the opposite endportions of the carrier plates in the guides are two vertical bars E andE", that at their upper and lower ends, respectively, are pivotallyconnected to crank-arms f and f on a rock-shaft F and crank-arms g and gon a rock-shaft G the positions of said arms being such that by theiraction the bars are moved horizontally. On an inwardly-projectingportion of each bar E are horizontal pins 6 and e, that by thehorizontal reciprocation of the bars are moved into and out of holes 0'.and 0' in the carrier-plates, the latter being locked or held frommovement in the former case and free to move when the pins and openingsare disengaged. The rock-shafts F and G are simultaneously rocked byconnecting one arm of a bell-crank lever H on the shaft G by means of alink 1 with an eccentric-pin on a disk K on the shaft, with theelliptical gear D and connecting the other arm of said lever H with acrank L on the Mounted in guides in the two bars E and E and sopartaking of their horizon tal movement, are two vertically movableslide-bars M and M having on the side of the carrier-plates opposite thepins 0 and 6' pins m and m, that are movable into and out of the sameholes 0' and 0, being moved into them when the pins a and c are movedout and out of them when said pins 6' and c are moved in. .(See Fig. 5.When the pins m and we engage the holes, the slide-bars M and 'M aremoved upward, and the carrier-plates are likewise moved upward, and whenthe of scallops, and as the travel of the plates must be periodicallyincreased on account of the greater distance between the nearest row ofsplint-receiving openings in adjacent plates one of the scallops isformed to secure such periodic increase of travel, the ridge r thereofbeing of greater radius than are those of the other scallops. The shaftS has a gear-wheel T, which meshes with a pinion U on the shaft N, andthus said shaft S is driven from the latter.

The carrier-plate guides at the top of the machine are curved upward andoutward and thence incline downward, so that the filled plates may passfrom the machine for the dipping of the splints by hand or in anothermachine, and when the matches are thus completed the plates are returnedto the machine,

were they extended. the rotary device X the carrier-plates are beingplaced in horizontal guides V and V near the bottom of the machine. Fromsaid guides V and V theplates, one at a time, are passed into one ofseveral radial slots W and W of a rotary transfer device X on a shaft Ythat is at the point where the guides V and V would intersect the guidesW and By the revolution of successively carried from a horizontalposition to a vertical position, and during the turning of said devicethey are retained in the slots thereof by engaging concentriccontinuations of the guides V and V The plates are moved into the deviceX by a pawl Z at each end thereof, that is reciprocated by a lever A towhich it is connected and which is secured to a rock-shaft B having anarm C in engagement with a cam D on the shaft S For moving the platesfrom the device X into the vertical guides 64 and a and for advancingthe plates along the latter there is adjacent to each end thereof avertically-movable bar E that is connected by a link F with an arm orextension (6 of the lever A and carries two pawls G and H thatrespectively engage, the plates to move them from the device X and tomove them along the vertical guides. When lifted from the device X bythe pawls Gr and G a plate is held, when said pawls descend by a catchor dog 1 pivoted adjacent the guide that engages the lower edge of theplate.

For intermittently rotating the transfer device X the shaft Y thereofhas a ratchetwheel K with the teeth of which engages a pawl L pivoted toan arm M", hung loosely on the shaft Y and connected by a link N to the.lever A Lower down than and on the side of the carrier-plates oppositethe devices for placing the splints in the latter are devicessubstantially similar in construction to said devices that is, theycomprise splint-gripping means for drawing the matches fromthe platesand a grooved table to which the matches are dropped. The grippers arecomposed of fixed jaws O and O and two sets of movable jaws composed ofrods overlying each other in pairs, so that the lower ends of a paircooperate with a single fixed jaw 0 one set of rods P and P beingfulcrumed between lugs q and q on a cross-bar Q" and the other set ofrods R and R' 'being fulcrumed between lugs g and g on a plate g thatcovers the rods and is attached to said cross-bar Q". At their upperends the rods are bent at right angles nected by a link to an arm of thecrank W. The screw U is formed on a shaft X supported by bearings at thelower end of the frame sides A and A. The jaw-rods are arranged inpairs, as above described, so that two rows of matches may besimultaneously engaged and extracted, and each jaw has asplint-penetrating tooth. Provision is also made, as in the case of theother grippers, for dislodging any matches tending to adhere to thegrippers, which provision consists of two connected thin plates Y and Y,respectively, on opposite sides of the series of jaws to engage splintson both sides of the latter, said plates being connected by a bar 7 to alever Z", pivoted to turn on the screwshaft X". The lever Z by a rolleris in engagement with a slot (1 in an arm A, pivoted at one extremity toa bracket a attached to one of the framecross-pieces a, and at its otherextremity is connected by a link B to a lever C", that is actuated by acam l) on the shaft N. As for a purpose to hereinafter appear it isdesirable to give the match-grippers an oscillatory motion in additionto that of the frame that supports them, their supporting-bar Q is hungor pivoted to the screwshaft X and has a rearwardly-extending arm g,which by a link E is connected to a lever F, actuated by a cam Ur" ontheshaft N.

On the side of the carrier-plates opposite the match-grippers is a barH", extending transversely of and is reciprocable horizontally to andfrom the plates, being connected at each end to a bar 1, that is pivotedto a lever K, actuated by a cam L on the shaft N. When moved toward theplates, the bar H ongages the ends of match-splints protruding therefromand pushes the matches so .that they project farther than before on thesides of the plates near the match-grippers, and thus are presented inbetter position for engagement by the grippers.

The table M*, to which the matches are delivered, is similar inconstruction to the tables E and E, but preferably inclines, as shown,and for moving the matches from the table there is a comb N, which,through a bar 0' at each end and a link 1 pivoted to the bar, isconnected to a lever Q on a rock-shaft R. Motion is imparted to thelatter by connecting a crank 7* on it through a rod or link S with acrank T on the lower rock-shaft K. From the table M" the matches may bedelivered to any desired receptacle; but preferably I employ a series ofboxes U and U" on an endless track V, on which the boxes move'contiguous to the delivery end of the table and thence to the front ofthe machine, (see Fig. 5,) where the matches may be conveniently removedfrom the boxes. Each of the latter is subdivided into compartments byvertical partitions it and u, and on the side next which the match-headslie is a hinged wall or door 10 In consequence of the employment of thepartitions u and u the ribs forming the grooves of the table M are atpoints in line with said partitions made thicker to insure that nomatches will fall onto the partitions.

Mounted on a shaft W beneath the portion of the track adjacent thetableM (see Fig. 3) are two arms X and Y, which, respectively, project onopposite sides of the track and have studs or pins 41' and that, by therocking of the arms, alternately engage holes I! and u in flanges u" andu, that depeml from the boxes alongside the track. The arm X" is lixedto the shaft \V', but the arm Y is loose thereon, so as to be movablealongthe same axially by a cam Z on the shaft N, with which an extension;z/ of the arm engages. Its rocking movement is therefore secured byengaging it with a groove :11 in the arm X, which while causing the twoarms to rock together permits the arm Y" to be moved in an axialdirection. \Vhen the stud of the arm Y" is engaged with a box-hole, thearm is moved by the cam in the direction to move the box onward, andwhen it is freed from said hole the arm is moved in the oppositedirections. The stud of the arm X. when engaged with a box-hole holdsthe box from movement. For rocking the arms the shaft \V' has an arm Z,that is actuated by a cam A on the shaft N. The matches falling into theboxes are gently pressed or packed down therein by a series of pressers7/ and b equal to the number of box-compartments opposite the table at atime, (see Figs. 3 and 5.) that depend from a plate B, attached to armsU and on a rockshaft D, that has an arm 1 actuated by a ram F on theshaft N. The series of boxes do not completely lill the track, so thatthose that are lilled can be moved on ahead to the empt,\'- ing-point,and thus afford a longer period of time for emptying than wouldotherwise be the case, the ones being lilled being permitted a fasteronward movement, due to the space thus provided between them and the onenext in advance thereof. For thus advancing the lilled boxes ahorizontal lever (i vibrated in any desired way, is provided with twodiametrically opposite feed-pawls ll and ll, that engage the boxes attwo separated points along the track. The hinged sides or doors of theboxes are automatically opened for emptying the boxes by a pointed bar1, adjacent to the track, with which the box-doors engage as the boxestravel along, and they are automatically closed just before the boxesreach the filling point by means of a cam-form bar or rail li' adjacentto the track, with which they engage as the boxes are moved onward.

Briefly described, the operation of the machine is as follows: Splintsbeing supplied to the two magazines or noppers B and B, they are shakendown in the lower parts thereof by the reciprocation of the slides (iand (i, certain of the lowermost splints being regularly spaced apartand supported at their extremities by the plate C and bar D. By reasonof the space existing between the plate G and the bar D any brokensplints or splints too short to be supported by said parts will fall outof the machine.

The splint-gripper-carrying frame being moved to carry the gripperstoward their respective magazines with the grippers open, the s olintsuppol'ting bars D and D will be engaged by the latter and pressed outof the way, exposing the rear ends of the splints and permitting them tobe gripped by the grippers. Such movement of the splint supporting barsD and D aids in be knocked therein by the splint-knockers O and 0 shouldthey tend to adhere to the grippers. the splints are moved therethroughand forced into the openings of the carrier-plates by the combs F and F,between which and the plates of course the splints are deposited in thegrooves, the carrier-plates being during such inserting operation heldstationary by Twov rows of splints being thus placed in carrierthe pinsof the locking-bars E and E plates, the pins of the locking-bars arewithdrawn from thelatter, and the pins of the feeding-bars M and Mengage therewith, and by the upward movement of the latter the platesare advanced twice the distance vertically between adjacentsplint-openings. It will be evident that because of the employment oftwo splint-magazines, with accompanying splint extracting and insertingdevices, the inserting devices must have such relative position thateach inserts splints in vertically-alternate rows of splint-openings,and it is because of this that the amount of travel of the splint-canriers at each movement is that above stated. I If, as may be the case,but a single splintmagazine is employed, the distance traveled by theplates in each movement will be equal simply to the space betweenadjoining rows of splint-openings. As the plates are filled with splintsthey are moved upward and outward and reaching a suitable point areremoved from the'machine for dipping to form the completed matches, andthis having been done the plates containing the completed matches arereturned to the machine and by the devices and in the mannerhereinbefore described are presented in position for the operation ofthe match-extracting devices. The latter, being carried by the sameframe which carries the gripping devices for the simple When thus seatedin the table-grooves,

splints, are operated simultaneously with said gripping devices, so thatthe two operations of extracting splints from the splint-hoppers andcompleted matches from the carrier-plates are simultaneously performed.Then the match-extracting devices approach the carrier-plates, they aremoved by the swinging of their supporting-bar D on the shaft X to carrythe grippers slightly higher than the highest row of matches to enablethe grippers to move close to the plates between the latter and theheads of the matches without danger of striking the match-heads. Whenthus moved close to the plates in rear of the match-heads, the grippersthen descend in the spaces between the matches and grip thematch-splints well in rear of the heads of the matches. Being thusgripped by the grippers the matches, by a horizontal movement of thelatter, are drawn or pulled from the carrierplate and then by a downwardmovement of the grippers are carried close to the grooved table E, and,being released, are dropped into the grooves thereof, such matches astend to adhere to the grippers being dislodged therefromby the descentof the knocker-plates O and O. extracted by the grippers, because of thefact that the simple splints are supplied to the carrier-plates from twosources of supply, which necessitate, as above pointed out, twice theamount'of travel of the carrier-plates than would be the case were therebut a single source and means of supply of splints. As the matches ofone of the rows of those extracted are directly above those of the otherrow extracted, it follows that two matches are dropped into each of thegrooves of the table E, and in view of the closeness of the two rows atthe time of their withdrawal and when they are dropped to the table theyare practically or, in effect, but a single row, the matches of. theupper row falling in orderly parallel arrangement adjacent those of thelow-er row, the importance of this feature of the machine being found inthe fact that the splints or matches when dropped to the table are inperfectly-arranged position for removal therefrom, derangement beingimpossible, such as is apt to occur when a quantity or mass of matchesor splints is dropped at once to a table. From the latter the matchesare shoved or pushed by the comb N into the boxes U and U, by themovement of which, as hereinbefore described, they are carried to aconvenient place for removal of the matches. The movement of the comb N,as is the case with that of the combs F, follows upon the delivery ofthe matches or splints from the grippers, so that the movement of thegrippers and combs is in alternating sequence, the result being thateach full or close row of matches or splints, as the case may be, is re-Two rows of matches at a time are.

moved from the table by the combs before I more splints can be deliveredthereto by the grippers. The travel of the boxes along the table E is sotimed relative to the rate of extraction of the matches from thecarrierplates that said boxes receive the predetermined number ofmatches before they pass beyond said table.

It will be understood, of course, that many changes in the constructionand arrangement of parts may be made which will involve no departurefrom the principle of my invention. Thus, besides the matters alreadyspoken of, instead of employing a rotary transfer device for shiftingthe match-holding plates from the horizontal guides to the verticalguides said guides might be connected by a curved section, such as isshownin the upper part of the machine.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In amatch-machine, the combination of a splint-holder, means for removingrows of splints therefrom comprising spli nt-engaging devices thatextend between adjacent splints of a row or rows and draw the splintsfrom the holder, a table to which the splints thus drawn are deliveredin parallelism to form a single row, a receiving device adjacent saidtable, and automatic means for moving each of said rows of splintsindividually endwise from said table into the receiving device, theoperation of said moving means alternating with that of the drawingdevice.

2. In a match-machine, the combination of asource of supply of splints,a traveling splintcarrier having rows of splint-receiving openingsadapted each to contain a splint, a table, a transfer device havingsplint-gripping jaws by means of which a row of splints at a time iscarried from the source of supply to the table in parallelism, andautomatic means for moving each row of splints from the table into therespective openings of the carrier, the operation of said moving meansalternating with that of the transfer device.

3. In a match-machine, the combination of asource of supply of splints,a traveling splintcarrier, a table, a transfer device havingsplint-gripping jaws by means of which a row of splints at a time iscarried from the source of supply to the table in parallelism, andautomatic means for moving each row of splints from the table into thecarrier, the operation of such moving means alternating with that of thetransfer device.

a. In a match-machine, the combination of asource of supply of splints,a traveling splintcarrier, a table provided with parallel groovesleading to said carrier, a transfer device having splint-gripping jawsby which a row of splints at a time is carried from the source of supplyand delivered to the grooves of the table in parallelism, and automaticmeans to engage the splints in the grooves to move each row of thesplints into the carrier, the

operation of such splint-moving means alternating with that of thetransfer device.

5. In a match-machine, the combination of a source of supply of splints,a splint-carrier, a table from which splints are supplied to thecarrier, a transfer device having splint-gripping means, and means forcausing splints to drop from said device to the table, substantially asand for the purpose described.

6. In a match-machine, the combination of a source of supplyof splints,a splint-cmrier, a table from which splints are supplied to the carrier,a transfer device having a series of splint-grip 'iers and means forcausing splints to drop from said device to the table. substantially asand for the purpose described.

7. In a match-machine, the combination of a source of supply of splints,a splint-carrier, a grooved table, a transfer device having a series ofsplint-grippers, means for causing splints to drop from said device tothe tablegrooves, and means for moving splints from the latter to thecarrier, substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. In a match-machine, the con'ibination of a source of supply ofsplints, a splint-carrier, a grooved table, a transfer device having aseries of splint-grippers, means for causing splints to drop from saiddevice to the tablegrooves, and a sliding comb having splint-engagingteeth, substantially as and for the purpose described.

9. In a match-machine. the combination of a source of supply of splints,a splint-carrier, a grooved table close to the source of supply and tothe path of the splint-carrier, a transfer device above the table andhaving a series of splint-grippers by which splints are extracted fromthe source of supply, means for causing splints to drop from said deviceto the table-grooves, and a sliding comb having splint-engaging teeth,substantiall 1 as and for the purpose described.

10. In a match-machine, the combination of a source of supply ofsplints, a device that draws splints from such source of supply, a tableto which the splints are delivered from said device, a splint-carrier,and means to move splints from the table to the carrier,sub stantiallyas and for the purpose described.

11. In a match-machine, the combination of a source of supply ofsplints, a device that draws splints from such source of supply, havingsplint-grippers, a device for delivering splints from the grippers, atable, and means to move splints from the table to the carrier,substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

12. In a match-machine. the combination of a source of supply ofsplints, a device having splint-grippers, that draws splints from thesource of supply, and a part movable cross- \vise of the splints as heldby the grippers, to deliver them therefrom, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

13. In a match-machine, the combination of a source of supply ofsplints, a device having splint-grippers, that draws splints from thesource of supply, a part movable crosswise of the splints, as held bythe grippers to deliver them therefrom, and a table havingsplint-receiving grooves to which the splints from the grippers fall,substantially as and for the purpose described.

14:. ha match-machine, the combination of a carrier, a source of supplyof splints, a device having splint-grippers, that draws splints from thesource of supply, means for placing splints so drawn in the carrier, anda device for removing them from the carrier having splint-grippers,substantially as and for the purpose described.

15. In a match-machine, the combination of a splint-carrier, a sourceofsupply of splints comprising a vertical magazine, means for separatingfrom the splints in the latter a row of the lowermost splints, and atransfer device having splint-grippers that engage the splints of suchrow, substantially as and for the purpose described. i

16. In a match-machine, the combination of a splint-carrier, a source ofsupply of splints comprising a vertical magazine,'means for separatingfrom the splints in the latter a row of the lowermost splints, atransfer device having splint-grippers that engage the splints of suchrow, a table to which the splints are delivered by said device, asplint-carrier, and means to move the splints from the table to thecarrier.

17. In a match-machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, atravelingcarrier, said magazines being situated at different pointsalong the path of the carrier, and means for removing splints from themagazines and placing them endwise in rows in the carrier, the rows ofsplints from one magazine alternating with the rows of splints fromanother. substantially as and for the purpose described. I

18. In amateh-machine, the combination of a traveling carrier, adaptedto receive and hold splints for dipping, a plurality of magazines,situated at different points along the path of the carrier, means forremoving splints from each magazine,,and means for inserting the splintsso removed endwise in-rows, into the carrier, the rows of splints fromone magazine alternating with the rows of splints from another,substantially as and for the purpose described.

19. In a match-machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, atraveling carrier, said magazines being situated at different pointsalong the path of the carrier, and means for removing splints from themagazines andthrusting them endwise into the carrier, the rows ofsplints from one magazine alternating with the rows of splints fromanother.

splints from another, and a guide for the earrim that directs the latterin the same position to the magazine.

21. In. a match-machine, the combination of a splint-carrier, a sourceof supply of splints comprising a plurality of magazines,simultaneously-acting splint-receiving devices for said magazines havingsplint-grippers, and simultaneously-acting devices for placing thesplints'from the magazines in the carrier, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

22. In a match-machine, the combination of a splint-magazine, a shoulderor support for the splints at one end, and a bar movable longitudinallyof the splints for supporting the splints at the other end,substantially as and for the purpose described.

23. In a match-machine, the combination of a vertical splint-magazine, ashoulder at its bottom for supporting the splints at one end, across-bar movable longitudinally of the splints, said shoulder andcross-bar having splint-containing recesses, and a transfer devicehaving splint-grippers, substantially as described.

24:. In a match-machine, the combination of a source of supply ofsplints, a splint-carrier,

a device for taking splints from the source of supply for placingin thecarrier,having splintgrippers, a device for removing matches from thecarrier, having splint-grippers, and a movable frame on whichboth ofsaid devices are mounted, substantially as and for-the purposedescribed.

25. In a match-machine, the combination of a source of supply ofsplints, a table, a transfer device having splint-grippers, asplint-carrier in which the splints are placed, a second table, a secondtransfer device having splintgrippers, to take the matches from thecarrier and place them on the second table, and amovable frame on whichboth transfer devices are mounted, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

26. In a match-machine, the combination of a source of supply ofsplints, a table, atransfer device having splint-grippers, a frame onwhich the transfer device is mounted, and parallel shafts having armsthat support said frame, substantially as and for the purpose described.

27. In a match-machine, the combination of a source of supply ofsplints, a transfer device having splii'it-grippers comprising acrosspiece with lugs forming stationary jaws, and arms pivoted to saidcross-piece forming movable jaws, and means to operate the movable jaws,substantially as and for the purpose de scribed.

28. In a match-machine, the combination of a source of supply ofsplints, a transfer device having splintgrippers comprising a crosspiecewith lugs forming stationary jaws, and arms pivoted to said cross-pieceforming movable jaws, and .a slide that operates the movable jaws,substantially as and for the purpose described.

29. In a match-machine, the combination of a source of supply ofsplints, a transfer device having splint-grippers comprising lugsforming fixed jaws and levers, arranged in pairs, and forming movablejaws, and means for operating the movable jaws, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

30. In a match-machine, the combination of a source of supply ofsplints, a transfer device having splintgrippers comprising lugs formingfixed jaws and levers arranged in pairs and forming movable jaws, and aslide for operating the lovers, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

31. In a match-machine, a splint-transferring device, comprising seriesof grippers formed each of a fixed jaw and a plurality of movable jaws,the movable jaws coactii'ig with the same side of the fixed jaw,substantially as and for the purpose described.

32. In a match-machine, a splint-transferring device comprising seriesof grippers, formed each of a fixed jaw, and two levers for each fixedjaw, the movablejaws coaeting with the same side of the fixed jaw andconstituting movable jaws, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

33. In a match-machine, the combination of a match-holder, a table, atransfer device havin g splint-grippers that removes matches from theholder and delivers them to the table, a match-receptacle and means toremove them from the table to the receptacle, comprising a part thattraverses the table, in the path of which the matches are placed,substantially as and for the purpose described.

34. In a match-machine, the combination of a match-holder, a groovedtable, a transfer device having splint-grippers, that delivers matchesto the table-grooves, a match-receptacle close to the table, and a combto move the matches from the table-grooves to the receptacle,substantially as and for the purpose described.

35. In a match-machine, the combination of a match-holder, means forremoving matches therefrom, a series of traveling match-receptacleshaving independent doors constituting the outer wall thereof, and meansto open said doors at a predetermined point in the path of travel of thereceptacles to move them out of the way of matches to permit the latterto pass endwise from the receptacles.

36. In a match-machine, the combination of a match-holder, means forremoving matches therefrom, a series of traveling match-receptacleshaving pivoted doors, and means to antomatically open and close thedoors at predetermined points in the path of travel of the receptacles,substantial], as and for the purpose described.

37. Ina match-machine, the combimition of a match-holder, a table, atransfer device for the removal of matches from the holder and theirdelivery to the table, a series of traveling match-receptacles havinglateral pivoted doors, means for removing matches from the table to thereceptacles, and means for opening and closing said doors atpredetermined points in the path of travel of the receptacle,substantially as and for the purpose described.

38. In a match-machine, the combination of a match-holder, a table, atransfer device for the removal of matches from the holder to the table,a series of receptacles having doors constituting the outer wall thereofwhich, when closed, confine the matches within the receptacles, and whenopened permit them to pass endwise therefrom, means for removing matchesfrom the table to the receptacles, a track for the latter, and means formoving them along the track.

39. In a match-machinc, the combination of a source of supply ofmatches, a series of traveling receptacles,havingindependentside doors,and means for automatically operating said doors at a prmleterminedpoint in the path of travel of the receptacles, substantially as and forthe purpose described,

40. In a match-machine, the combination of a source of supply ofmatches, a series of receptacles having independent side doors, a trackfor the receptacles, and means alongside of the track for automaticallyoperating the doors as they reach said means, substantially as and forthe purpose des ,:ribed.

41. In a match-machine, the combination of a source of supply ofmatches, a series of receptacles, a rocking arm for moving the lat-'ter, a shaft along which said arm is movable,

and a rocking arm having a fixed axis for engaging the receptaeles,substantially as and for the purpose described.

42. In a match-machine, the combination of a match-carrier, verticalguides therefor, a. series of match-rece itacles, a track therefor,means for the transfer of matches from the carrier to the receptacles, arocking arm, a. shaft parallel with the track, along which the arm ismovable, and a rocking arm having a fixed axis, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

43. In a match-machine, the combination of a carrier, means for movingthe latter by steps comprisinga slide that has a pin or pins to entertransverse openings in the carrier, and is reciprocable transversely andlongilaulinally of the carrier, the movements in these twodirectionsbeing dissimultaneous, and a carrierholding device comprising a barhaving a pin lOO llO

or pins that engage the carrier-openings, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

44. In a match-machine, the combination of a carrier, a slide on oneside of the carrier having carrier-engaging means, a bar on the oppositeside of the carrier, and having carrierengaging means, said slide beingmounted on said bar, means for simultaneously moving said slide and bartoward and from the carrier, and means for moving the slidelongitudinally of the carrier, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

45. In a match-machine, the combination of a carrier, a bar having a pinor pins to enter openings in the carrier, means for moving said bartoward and from the carrier, a slide having a pin or pins to engage theopenings in the carrier, and mounted on said bar, and means to move theslide in a direction longitudinally of the carrier, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

4.6. In a match-machine, the combination of a carrier havingsplint-receiving perforations or apertures, springs each having branchesin adjacent openings, the fold of the spring taking over thecarrier-wall between the openings, and one of the branches being bent toengage the carrier-wall, substantially as and for the purpose described.

' 47. In amatch-machine, the combination of a carrier havingsplint-receiving openings, V- shaped springs eachhaving branches inadjacent openings, the fold of the spring taking over the carrier-wallbetween the openings, and one of the branches being bent to engage theopposite side of the carrier, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

48. In a match-machine, the combination of a match-carrier composed ofindependent sections, a guideway therefor having portions that extend indirections that intersect, and a transfer device havingsection-supports, that is movable from one portion of the guideway tothe other, substantially as and for the purpose described.

49. In a match-machine, the combination of a carrier composed ofsections, a guideway therefor that changes direction, and Wheels havingradial slots to receive and support said sections, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this26th day of June, 1899.

ALEXANDER LAGERMAN.

Witnesses:

EMIL J EGERBERG, I-I. HANSSON.

